Trucks carrying humanitarian supplies wait in front of Turkey's Nusaybin border post in Mardin province March 20, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
NUSAYBIN, Turkey (Reuters) - U.N. aid trucks crossed from Turkey into Syria for the first time on Thursday, in a move relief officials hope will pave the way for greater humanitarian access to civilians hardest hit by three years of war.
But with the convoy heading to a region controlled by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, doubts remained whether those in rebel-held areas most urgently in need would benefit.
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